Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (1883 - 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu. He issued the first Fu Manchu novel, in 1913. It was an immediate success. The Fu Manchu stories, together with his more conventional detective series characters-Paul Harley, Gaston Max, Red Kerry, Morris Klaw (an occult detective), and The Crime Magnet- made Rohmer one of the most successful and well-paid authors of the 1920s and ...
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Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (1883 - 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu. He issued the first Fu Manchu novel, in 1913. It was an immediate success. The Fu Manchu stories, together with his more conventional detective series characters-Paul Harley, Gaston Max, Red Kerry, Morris Klaw (an occult detective), and The Crime Magnet- made Rohmer one of the most successful and well-paid authors of the 1920s and 1930s. The first three Fu Manchu books were published in the four years 1913-17; but it was not until 1931 (some fourteen years after the third book in the series) that Rohmer returned to the series with The Daughter of Fu Manchu. The reason for the long interval was that Rohmer wanted to be well and truly done with the series after The Si-Fan Mysteries, much as Arthur Conan Doyle did with Sherlock Holmes. The first three books had been successfully filmed by Stoll in the twenties as a pair of serials. In 1928, Rohmer bowed to pressure and agreed to write a fourth novel as a serial for Collier's. Paramount had the first Warner Oland picture gearing up for production and the daily newspaper strip based on the series was in the offing.
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Publisher:
Cassell, London, 1944 First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket
Published:
1944
Alibris ID:
16419671354
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Very good. 8vo. Original publishers red cloth lettered black on spine. pp 224. Small split nick at head of spine hinge, covers slightly faded and spine slightly discoloured; sound VG-.
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1944. Cassell. First. Hard Cover. Book-Good, black titles on spine, red boards, spine & back cover sunned. 7.5x5. 224pp. This exciting novel is the fourth in the Gaston Max series by the creator of Fu Manchu.
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Fine. Fine in blue cloth with gilt titles at spine, in a Vg. + or better dj. (Two 1"-inch tears at head of rear panel of dj. (Shallow chipping at spine ends. A few small edge nicks in dj. ) Sharp copy.
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7.5 x 5.25, orange cloth, 224 pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped, some minor staining to spine bottom hinges loose, contents toned, in tape reinforced, edge chipped, rubbed and soiled, price clipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
